Warbird Information Exchange

See if I can get these right.

Part 1


Bell Aircraft A&P training on P-39 c 1940's


Bell Aircraft P-39 cutaway c 1940's


Republic Aircraft P-47 cutaway c 1940's


Republic Aircraft P-47 cutaway c 1940's


Martin-Mauler-cutaway


Circa 1921. Cutaway model of an F5L flying boat at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington

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"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." And that is how you WIN a war."
.... Sir Arthur Travers Harris

Part 2


Bristol Fighter F-2B Cutaway Hendon museum


CG-4A Air Mobility Command Museum


CG-4A Air Mobility Command Museum


F-86H Sabre Cutaway NMUSAF


F-86H Sabre Cutaway NMUSAF

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"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." And that is how you WIN a war."
.... Sir Arthur Travers Harris

Part 3


Waco Hadrian CG-4A Yorkshire Air Museum te Elvington, UK


Cutaway Jet Provost. A training aid for the apprentices at RAF Cosford


Cutaway Mig 21 Luftwaffen Museum Gatow


Cutaway Mig 21 Luftwaffen Museum Gatow


Arado Ar 96 B-1 Deutsches Technik Museum Berlin-2

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"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." And that is how you WIN a war."
.... Sir Arthur Travers Harris

Part 4


PBY2 Cutaway National Naval Aviation Museum


North American SNJ Texan cutaway National Naval Aviation Museum


Cutaway of a Standard J-1, on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH


B-25 Cutaway SAC museum


Messerschmitt BF 109 G6 cutaway display at Technikmuseum Sinsheim, Germany


This one slips my mind.


Lockheed F-104G Starfighter Speyer

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"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." And that is how you WIN a war."
.... Sir Arthur Travers Harris

I believe the YR-4 at the NASM was a cutaway.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

Neat subject, thanks for posting! I have seen a few of these in person and spent a long time looking at the PBY especially. The F-1 with the Lucite bits sure is an interesting way to do it.

Fantastic!

There are a number of cutaways on display in China as well. Most with simple skin removal.

Not a cutaway in that sense, but the same result
Vickers Wellington at Brooklands Museum

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Martin
Wide open & turning left.

Fiat G-91R MM6280 Italian Air Force Museum


Harbin H-5 Beagle (IL-28), Beijing Air and Space Museum


PBY cutaway NMNA


Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB, Beijing Air and Space Museum


Harvard Mk IIB (AT-16) FE499, a former RCAF machine and sold to the Chinese Air Force circa 1947


Lockheed F-104G Technikmuseum Speyer


Rolls-Royce Merlin V-1650-9 cut away

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"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." And that is how you WIN a war."
.... Sir Arthur Travers Harris

Somebody please tell the Chinese how to paint a correct "star and bar"!
(Then again, I've seen U.S.-based aircraft...most recently a homebuilt with faux warbird scheme...almost as bad).

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

Quality subject and Quality photographs as usual.
Thank you.

Very interesting Mark, thanks

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

A cutaway of a 2,000 hp Allison "G6" V-1710-145/147 engine (F-82), with auxiliary supercharger and Bendix "Speed-Density" fuel injection:

Another fantastic photo subject set, thanks again Mark!!
A couple of thoughts:
It is interesting how much the fuselages have filled up in the progression of designs. One can see through a WWI and some WWII aircraft but by the time of the F-86 it is just packed.
Knowing that the riveted skin is part of the strength of the structure, I wonder how much sag or droop there is when an entire side of a fuselage is gone while sitting on the gear as the Mauler is.

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Always looking for P-51D parts.